Broom



ifstented Apr. 30, 1929.

UNITED STATE RALIEI -I' THOMSON, OF SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA.

BROOM.

Application filed May 27, 1926. Serial No. 112,073.

This invention relates to improvements in brooms. 1

he primary object of this invention is the provision of an improvedbroom including a brush head or whisk port-ion formed of broom cornpanicles held together in a novel fixed relation to mostefficientlyreinforce the same at the side edges of the broom.

A further object of this invention is the provision of an'improved broomembodying a whisk of the conventional. form having a novel type ofstitching transversely across the handle connected end thereof, in whichthe spacing of the stitches is closer at the side margins of the broomthan at the intermediate portion of broom whisk portion, to

' most efiiciently reinforce and properly connect the broom with thestitching against liability of accidental and premature loosening.

Other objects and advantages of this invention will be apparent duringthe course of the following detailed description.

In the accompanying drawing, forming a part ofthis specification, andwherein similar reference characters designate corresponding partsthroughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a broom of conventional shape, havingthe improved stitching formed as a part thereof.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of a broom in which the stitching is usedas illustrated in Figure 1 of the drawings, although at both sidemarginal edges of the broom brush head.

Figure 8 is a somewhat diagrammatic rep-' resentation of the form thatthe sewing thread takes when the same is stitched about the brush headof the broom. v

In the drawing, wherein for the purpose of illustration are shownpreferred and modified forms of this invention, the letters A and B maygenerally designate brooms of the corn whisk type including a brush head0 having a handle D connected therewith, and respectively sewed by noveltransverse rows of stitching E and F.

The brush head C of each of the forms of invention A and B consists ofstrands of' any approved nature, preferably conventional broom corn,assembled in the flat manner as is quite ordinary, and connected to thehandle D by wire clamping means 10. Adjacent the handle end of the brushhead C the rows of stitching E and F are placed. This stitching E and F,as the case may be, is preferably placed by means of an improved broomsewingmachine such as set forth in my co-pendingapplication, Serial No.58,153, filed Sept. 23,1925, and the essential novelty of the inventionconsists in the placing of the transverse stitches in closer relation atthe side margins of the broom brush head than the spacing of theintermediate .stitch'es- Inthe form of invention A illustratedinFigure1, the spacing of the stitches in closest relation is effected only atthe finishing side of the brush head, that is, the side of the brushhead which is stitched last, whereas the form of invention B has thestitchings at both side margins of the brush head spaced close together,with the intermediate stitches spaced farther ap art.

While the sewing of the stitches may be effected in any approved manner,and the thread may be handled in any relation desired, it is preferredto use the stitchingillustrated in Figure 3 which consists in. securingthe thread at 15 adjacent one side margin of the brush head and thenthreading the same at 16 transversely thru the thickness of the brushhead 0, and then wrapping the same at 17 and 18 twice peripherally aboutthe brush head, to a location adjacent the transverse thread 16, and atwhich place the needle of the broom sewing machine starts the transverseloop stitching as at 20, which is extended back and forth in a zig-zagrelation, first beneath the two rows of threads at one side of the brushhead, and then transversely thru the brush head and beneath and over thetwo rows of threads at the opposite side of the brush head C; thetransverse stitching being somewhat diagonal as illustrated in t Figure3 of the drawings. The transverse lines of stitching are regulated as totheir spaced relation by the novel step-by-step regulating means setforth in my application above referred to, so that the transversestitches 25 at the side marginal portions of the brush head are spacedcloser together than the intermediate transverse lines of stitching 27between theside marginal portions of the brush head C, as can readily bethe closer spaced stitches 25 are only pro-- vided at the finishing sideof the broom, in

in so far as the securing of the Whisks in the brush head are concerned,Which Will give durability and greater resiliency to the broom duringuse.

Various changes in the shape, size, and arrangement of parts may be madeto the forms .of invention herein shown and described,

Without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of theclaims.

I claim:

1. As an article of manufacture a broom including a brush head securedtogether by means of transverse stitching, the stitches of saidtransverse stitching being disposedappreciably closer together at theside edges of the broom than at the intermediate portion thereof. r

2. As an article of manufacture a floor broom including a conventionallyshaped flat brush head formed of a plurality of pieces, and stitchestransversely disposed across the conventionally the practice and closerthan the stitches at the intermediate portion of said brush head.

3. As an article of manufacture a broom including a brush head formed ofa plurality of pieces, a band substantially peripherally encompassingsaid brush head, and transverse stitching thru the brush head loopedabout said band, the stitching being formed to provide aplurality ofclosely spaced stitches at the side marginal portions of the brush headand farther apart spaced stitches at the intern'iediate portion of thebroom.

4:. As an article of manufacture a broom including a brush formed of aplurality of pieces, a band substantially peripherally encompassing saidpieces to hold them in place, and transverse stitching thru the brushhead looped about said encompassing band, the transverse stitchingincluding athread Which at the finishing edge of the brush head has thestitches thereof closer spaced together than elsewhere along the line ofthe encoinpassing band.

RALPH K. THOMSON.

